The DEAD box RNA helicase VBH-1 is required for germ cell function in C. elegans

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 533-546

  Salinas, L Silvia ^a   Maldonado, Ernesto ^a   Macías Silva, Marina ^a   Blackwell, T Keith ^b,c   Navarro, Rosa E ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DEAD box RNA helicase; Germline; Sperm oocyte switch

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN VBH 1; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 35548992783     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20323     Document Type: Article

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